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Education First

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National, mission-driven education strategy, policy and implementation consultants

education-first.com

(800) 503-8656

Education First was approved for the PLPG in February 2024.

The "Types of support we offer" and "Our curriculum expertise" are evaluated and approved by Rivet Education; all other information is self-reported. We recommend that you confirm details with each partner directly.

How are partners selected for the PL Partner Guide?

Who we are

Education First partners with state and local leaders nationwide. System leaders need forward-thinking strategies rooted in coherence, equity and excellence to eliminate gaps and accelerate learning for students farthest from opportunity. We have supported more than a dozen school systems and seven states with the issues, politics and implementation of HQIM and professional learning. We specialize in coaching local and state executive leaders to develop, refine, monitor, and improve interrelated HQIM and systematic talent strategies.

Types of support we offer

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  • Adopting an ELA curriculum
  • Adopting a math curriculum
  • Adopting a science curriculum
  • Launching a curriculum
  • Ongoing support for teachers
  • System design and leadership support

What are these phases?

Our curriculum expertise

Rivet Education approved

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ELA

  • Wonders (2023)

What is a high-quality curriculum?

Our team

21–50 facilitators/coaches

26-50% are non-white

Where we work

We have worked here

We are also willing to work here

Types of districts that we have experience working with

  • Traditional District
  • Charter
  • Private
  • Parochial
  • Urban
  • Rural
  • Suburban
  • Fewer than 2,500 students
  • 2,500 to 10,000 students
  • 10,000 to 50,000 students
  • 50,000 to 100,000 students
  • More than 100,000 students
  • Greater than 60% of economically disadvantaged students
  • Greater than 20% of English language learners
  • Greater than 20% of students with disability
  • Greater than 80% students of color

Why is this important?

This partner's approach and services

Sample scopes of work

Leadership support

What are these scopes?

How we address equity

We devote our energy and expertise to improving opportunities for all children, especially BIPOC students and students experiencing poverty. We partner with system leaders, building administrators and instructional leaders to cultivate the conditions—people, knowledge, resources, policies, and programs—that ensure coherence, equity and excellence for all educators and students. We believe that implementation of HQIM supports teachers in holding joyful, affirming grade-level expectations for all students, therefore reducing bias. Curriculum-based professional learning supports educators to develop a deeper understanding of the instructional shifts, content and the intellectual preparation needed to provide better instruction for all students.

Why is this important?

How we build district capacity

We are experts in engaging district, school and community stakeholders around a common vision for large-scale, complex, high-impact shifts in policy, practice and instruction. Our solutions include helping district and school leaders adopt and implement HQIM, improve their systems and support for evidence-based instructional practices, coaching principals on effective instructional systems, HQIM-based professional development, collecting data, synthesizing trends for school and district leaders, conducting landscape analyses of the current state of curriculum use, developing detailed implementation plans with activities to achieve a strong instructional vision for HQIM, and providing ongoing coaching and thought partnership implementing the new plans.

Why is this important?

How we provide curriculum-aligned PL

Coaching

We are skilled in coaching state, district and school leaders to put the systems and structures in place for HQIM implementation. This coaching includes both content-specific and curriculum-specific feedback and support. Coaching is individualized based upon the specific setting and the needs of the system and the leaders.

PLCs

We support district and building leaders to design the structures to facilitate curriculum-based professional learning cycles across schools. This structure is centered around using their HQIM skillfully, and includes practices such as lesson internalization, preparation and using student learning data.

Consultations

We provide HQIM consulting and coaching to state, district, school and classroom leaders to support instructional coherence and the conditions in which educators are equipped to implement their HQIM skillfully, improving academic success for all students.

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